Why Write? Part 1

If you write — a blog, a diary, poetry, creative non-fiction, creative fiction — why do you do it?

I started writing the project I recently finished because I had dissertation-induced writer’s block. The writing project I was supposed to be working on was paralyzing me and I needed to get back to work, back into a writing rhythm.

I continued writing fiction because it allowed me to express something fundamental about my perception of the human experience. And if people read my work someday, it would allow me to make connections to other people. Writing is transcendent.

So my first answer to the “why” question — and there will probably be others — is that it’s about something larger than myself. Hence the name of the blog.

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Author: Emma

Emma is a novelist, full-time mama, recovering academic, and former political staffer. When she’s not reading or writing, she loves her twins' hugs, her husband’s cooking, her cat’s whiskers, her dog’s tail, and Earl Grey tea.
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